During slavery, slaves were viewed as property by the legal system. They had no legal rights
a. except they had the legal right to marry if their owner approved.
b. and they were not allowed to legally marry.
c. but married slaves could not be forced to have sex with a slave owner.
d. but slave owners could not separate slave children from their mothers until they reached the age of 15.
Ques. 2Sociologists assert that the three most important systems of stratification in the United States today include ...
a. race ethnicity, class and religion.
b. class, gender, and genotype.
c. race ethnicity, class and gender.
d. marital status, race and class.
Ques. 3Approximately what percent of Americans say they are concerned that they might lose their job?
a. 12
b. 29
c. 48
d. 61
Ques. 4Records from 1600's Plymouth (Massachusetts) show that ______ percent of women died from causes associated with childbirth.
a. 2
b. 10
c. 20
d. 35
Ques. 5_______________ refers to the degree to which the family system's boundaries are relatively open or closed.
a. Enmeshment
b. Disengagement
c. Permeability
d. Flexibility
Ques. 6What proportion of African Americans were free during the slavery era?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
Ques. 7With regard to the attributions that accompany conflict, which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. It is only natural for people to search for causes when conflicts erupt.
b. As a general rule each of us tends to believe that we have justifiable reasons for our own behavior.
c. As a general rule we tend to hold our partners responsible for whatever goes wrong in the relationship.
d. As a general rule the attributions we make are not related to our feelings about the
relationship.